Man... what a trailer.... what a plot... what fabulous acting.... and how cool does Obi-Wan look? Not to mention the gorgeous Amidala... not to mention the evil Palpatine, and then amazing Cristopher Lee as... Count Dooku!

C'mon.. who's excited? Who's excited?!

Ant.
Who was once fortunate enough to meet Emperor Palpatine himself... did I name drop again? Shit.

Those are real cool images there, ABEL, really cool... . Bono-vox, I sympathise lots with your feelings against STAR WARS, I never much liked the very first one (well.. sorta first one, A NEW HOPE) however, I somehow got liking it so much, and I think the Emperor is very VERY cool, just as Darth Vader was.

Didn't like EPISODE 1 all that much, but this one looks amazing!

Who's seen the trailer? Its a fantastic trailer...

"I will not let this republic be split in two..."
"Begun, this clone war has..."

While Episode I wasn't quite what I was expecting either, I think we have to keep in perspective how the books were originally written. I think we're just so used to the original Star Wars Trilogy. While Episode I was weak, I think it's still very important as a set-up with information for the rest of the movies. I think, and hope that Episode II will be better!

I am a huge Star Wars and Star Trek fan, and I go to all the conventions here in Dallas too, hehe

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Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein

Actually, despite the fact that I generally loathe action films, I want to see it because of the fact that this was shot entirely in digital video with the "experimental" Sony camera, which, actually, Wim Wenders got to use for the "Ground Beneath Her Feet" music video. Pretty much, this is probably the first big budget film with live elements not to use film. I'm ultimately a sucker for technical achievements, and I would love to someday get a hold of one of those cameras.

Melon

------------------"Still, I never understood the elevation of greed as a political credo. Why would anyone want to base a political programme on bottomless dissatisfaction and the impossibility of happiness? Perhaps that was its appeal: the promise of luxury that in fact promoted endless work." - Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy

Ultimately, I think that digital shooting will simply be a part of the industry, rather than a replacement for it. Really, at least in the big-budget world of Hollywood, most source film ends up converted to DigiBeta (a digital video standard), digitally enhanced with special effects, and reconverted to film. As long as the techniques are faithful, does it ultimately matter which way it is shot?

As such, I wish to use both.

Melon

------------------"Still, I never understood the elevation of greed as a political credo. Why would anyone want to base a political programme on bottomless dissatisfaction and the impossibility of happiness? Perhaps that was its appeal: the promise of luxury that in fact promoted endless work." - Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy